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Public Welfare Foundation Launches Future Formers Campaign to Transform Criminal Justice

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The Public Welfare Foundation has launched the Future Formers campaign, a yearlong initiative aimed at reshaping the U.S. criminal justice landscape, highlighting visionary leaders who challenge over-policing and mass incarceration and advocate for restorative and transformative solutions.

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Businesses Urged to Hire Returning Citizens

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Princeton Poll Highlights Surge in Support for Reparations, Despite Implementation Doubts

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Brandon Robert Watts, a student in his third year at Howard University School of Law, is leading other law students in the D.C. metropolitan area to demand clemency for Marcellus "Khalifah" Williams, a Black man on death row in Missouri for a crime he said he didn't commit. (Courtesy photo)
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D.C.-Area Law Students Organize for Death-Row Inmate Marcellus ‘Khalifah’ Williams

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Justice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Rankin County Sheriff’s Department

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The NAACP has issued an emergency call to Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson to stop the execution of Marcellus Williams (pictured), a Black man on death row who has consistently maintained his innocence. (Courtesy photo)
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NAACP Urgently Calls on Missouri Governor to Halt Execution of Marcellus Williams

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State Department Launches Online Passport Renewal System for Millions of Americans

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Fearless Fund, a venture capital firm committed to supporting women of color entrepreneurs, has settled a lawsuit, leading to the permanent closure of its Strivers Grant Contest.
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Fearless Fund Vows to Continue Supporting Women of Color After Settling AAER Lawsuit

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Jury Selection Begins in Federal Trial of Memphis Officers Charged in Tyre Nichols’ Death

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